Revolving refrigerator.



No. 630,044. Patanted Aug. I, I899.

L. J. FOWLER. REVOLVING REFRIGERATOR.

(Application filed July 13, 1897.) {No Model.)

UNITED STATES,

QFFIQE.

LEWIS J. FOWLER, or LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

REVOLVING REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,044, dated August1, 1899.

Application filed July 13, 1897. Serial No. 644,466. (No model.)

T0 (117/ whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, LEWIs J. FOWLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster-and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RevolvingRefrigerators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in refrigerators, and especiallyrevolving refrigerators provided with glass sides, and has for itsobject to provide a polygonal refrigerator show-case in which the goodsmaybe adjustably placed and made to revolve at a touch. This object Iaccomplish in the manner and by the means hereinafter fully described indetail, and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which like reference-letters indicatelike parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectionalview of same on line N 0, Fig. 3. of same on line P R, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isa plan view of the base of ,the socket in the end of the shaft. Fig. 5is a vertical sectional view of socket, pivot, collar, and ends of shaftand pipe. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the strap g. Fig. 7 is a sideelevation of strap g and end of shaft. Fig. 8 is a plan View of base ofpivot.

My invention consists of a hexagonalshaped box G, resting on six castersand consisting of an upper and lower chamber H and H. The upper chamberH forms the ice-box and has a door D on one side. On two sides, oppositeeach other, there is a small openingl through the floor of the upperchamber H into the lower chamber H. Rising from the floor of saidchamber H around said openings land extending nearly to the top of saidchamber H are metal partitions Z, secured to the side walls of saidchamber H and forming fines through which the warm air rises. The bottomof the upper chamber H is arranged to drain into a pan h, which has asmall pipe h projecting a short distance downward from the center. Thepan h is supported under the chamber H by a strap g, the ends h of whichare secured to the bottom of the chamber H. The lower chamber H is thecold-storage chamber, and its sides when desired may be of threethicknesses of glass with air-spaces between them, thus making theinterior of the cham- Fig. 3 is a sectional view her H visible and atthe same time increasing its efficiency as a cold-storage chamber. Oneof the sides is arranged to serve as a door D. A hollow shaft B receivesthe mouth of the pipe 71. into its upper end, which enters a hole in thebottom of strap 9 and is supported by said strap g. A socket d, shapedlike a Greek cross and exterior-1y screw-threaded complementary to theinside of the lower end of the shaft B, is screwed into the lower end ofsaid shaft 15. In the center of the bottom of the lower chamber H isfixed a short piece of pipe 0, which projects downward through thebottom of the chamber H. A pivot f, shaped exteriorly like the socket d,is screwed in the top of the pipe 0 or placed on top said pipe 0, and acollar is screwed onto the top of said pipe 0, said collar 70 risingaround said pivot f. The lower end of the shaft B revolves within thecollar 70 when the socket d is placed on the pivot f. The collar 70serves to receive and retain the end of the shaft B in place and toprevent any water-leaking into the refrigerator in passing from theshaft B and into the pipe 0. Thimbles c are placed on the shaft B andprovided with set-screws e, by which the thimbles a may be held at anypoint on the shaft B. Arms .9 radiate outward from the thimbles c, andshelves at rest on said arms 3, or instead of shelves a hooks or otherappliances may be used.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The ice being placed in theupper chamber H anything may be put in the lower chamber H. The metalpartition Z and open space Z facilitates the admission of the cold airto the lower chamber l-l. Owing to the pivotfand socket d and the factthat they are constantly damp the shaft B revolves very easily andenables everything in the chamber H to be readily come at, or, ifdesired, the revolution of the things placed in the chamber H may beused toattract attention and advertise the goods. As the ice melts thewater drains off through the pipe 77?, the shaft B, and pipe 0 into anoutside receptacle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a refrigerator, a hollow cylindrical shaft adapted to receive thewaste-pipe of the ice-box into its upper end and provided at its lowerend with a socket exteriorly open to the passage of water, a pipefitting in and passing through the bottom of such refrigerator, a pivotresting on top said pipe, said pivot permitting the passage of water anda collar surrounding the top of said pipe and said pivot, said collaradapted to receive the lower end of said shaft, substantially as shownand described.

2. In a refrigerator, a casing, and ice-box in the top thereof, a seriesof rotatable shelves below said ice-box, a hollow cylindical shaft tosupport said shelves and adapted to receive the waste-pipe of theice-box into its upper end and provided at its lower end with a socketexteriorly open to the passage of water, a pipe fitting in and passingthrough the bottom of such refrigerator, a pivot resting on top saidpipe, said pivot permitting the passage of water, a collar surroundingthe top of said pipe and said pivot, said collar adapted to receive thelower end of said shaft, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS J. FOWLER.

Witnesses:

MILO CHASE, T. B. BEACH.

